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push fit

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noun

  1. engineering another name for sliding fit

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In ordinary machine construction, five classes of fits are used, viz; running fit, push fit, driving fit, forced fit and shrinkage fit.

From Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, etc. by Jones, Franklin D.

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